Who knew cartoons were worthy of prizes?

Prepare yourself for a relentless onslaught of legendary British voices, classic Aardman stylings, slick 3D and more Christmas spirit than you could shake even a really big candy cane at – it could only be Arthur Christmas. And it’s totally, overwhelmingly charming, just like you knew it would be. What are you doing on a computer? Just go and watch it, Scrooge – and would it kill you to wear a snazzy jumper?

To celebrate the release of Arthur Christmas, BFF brings you an extra special Christmassy Mash-Up filled with spare parts, white fur and plenty of festive cheer. But can you guess all the films we’ve included? If you can’t we’ll come to your house and burn your stocking presents because evidently you hate Christmas and everything it stands for.

Forget Love Actually and The Muppet’s Christmas Carol, our list of Top 10 Films to see at Christmas 2011 is (mostly) full of serial killers, AIDs activists and sci-fi romances, with the occassional uplifting Christmas animation thrown in for good measure. Here is the definitive list of what to watch this festive season.

It’s beginning to look absolutely nothing like Christmas…

2011 is the year of the toon, bringing us animated movies galore from Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks and their like whether we want it or not. Here’s our rundown of animations due to hit the box office in 2011. Think we missed one? Let us know. Our word for today is ‘completist’.

Arthur Christmas, released next December by Aardman Animations, is going to be the best Christmas film ever. Just so you know.